Hair-pin



M. CASHIN.

(No Model.)

HAIR PIN No. 424,670. Patented Apr. 1,1890.

INVENTOH WITNESSES A4 40.13662 A TTOHNE Y8 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL CASHIN, OF RIFTON GLEN, NEIV YORK.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,670, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed November 29, 1889. Serial No. 332,038. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL CAsHIN, of Rifton Glen, in the county ofUlster and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Hair-Pins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a hair-pin of neat design andhandsome appearance, which will be adapted to retain itself in the hairand be readily removable therefrom.

WVith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed, and indicated in the claims.

Reference is to be made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters indicate correspondingparts in both of the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of the device with the partsin'normal position; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view in section,showing the parts adjusted to insert the device in the hair or remove ittherefrom.

The hair-pin consists of a. tube A, having suitable length, andpreferably made cylindrical, which shape in cross-section may be varied,if desired. Any degree of ornamentation may be given to the tube A, andany suitable material may be employed in its construction.

A finger-piece, preferably in the shape of a cross-bar B, is secured toone end of the tube A, which bar can be given any preferred form to suitthe taste of the constructer. The opposite end a of the tube A ispointed to facilitate its insertion in a mass of hair, and at a properdistance therefrom one elongated aperture is cut in the wall of thetube. \Vithin the tube A a wire rod 0 is inserted. This is of suchrelative diameter to the tube as to slide freely therein, and is made ofelastic or spring metal.

Upon the end of the rod 0 which extends outside of the tube A aspirally-coiled globular wire head'D is placed, having its outerterminal end affixed to the-end of the rod 0, its inner end beingsecured to the cross-bar 13, whereby the rod is retained within the tubeand adapted to be longitudinally projected therein toward the pointedend of the tube when the head D is compressed. The rod 0 is laterallybent to produce aswell thereon at l), which normally projects throughthe slotted aperture in the tube A, the projecting surface beingroughened in any suitable way, so that it will engage the mass of hairit may be pushed into, and thus prevent accidental detachmentandconsequent loss of the hair-pin. The rod end 0 is rounded andslightly bent, as shown, thus aiding to project the elastic bent portion2) through the mating aperture in the tube A.

In operation the device is inserted in place in the hair by placing thetube A between the front and middle fingers of the right hand andcompressing the spring head D with the thumb. This will project the rod0 endwise and cause its bent portion b to be carried within the tube A,thus permitting a free insertion of the tube. hen in place, a relaxationof the pressure will allow the parts to assume a normal position and therough surface of the part Z) to engage the hair and retain the hair-pin.To remove the pin, the spring-head is compressed, as has been explained,which will withdraw the projecting bent portion b of the rod C from itsengagement with the surrounding mass of hair, and thus release thehair-pin in an obvious manner.

The construction of the device may be slightly changed with the scope ofmy invention-as, for instance, the cross-bar B may be made as acircular, oval, or polygonal disk and the spring-head D chaugedin formwithout Violation of the spirit of my invention; hence I do not restrictthe construction to the exact forms herein shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1.. A hair-pin composed of a tube having a transverse piece at one end,a point at the other end, and an elongated aperture in its side, and anelastic rod which is bent, forming a lateral protuberance, which isroughened and normally projects beyond the wall of the tube through itsaperture, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hair-pin, the combination, with a tube having an elongatedaperture in its wall and a transverse piece at one end, of a rod whichhas a yielding roughened protuberance on its body that may proj eotthrough the aperture or be Withdrawn therefrom, and means to move therod longitudinally, substantially as set forth.

3. In a hair-pin, the combination, with a tube pointed at one end andprovided with a slotted aperture in its side and a cross-bar affiXed toits opposite end, of an elastic-rod having an integral laterally-bentprojection which is roughened on its outer face, and a 10 coiledspring-head which is attached by its end to the cross-bar and rod,substantially as set forth.

MICHAEL OASHIN.

Witnesses:

WILSON P. MORE, JOH KROM.

